For the past year, I've been crazy talking with a close girl friend of mine, SBW. We would talk about stuff like buying a fake Walmart ring to try on bridal dresses or just going to Tiffany's to pick out the perfect ring. Or we would just custom build our own "perfect" and ugly ring and show each other. I had told her (at least once) that my perfect proposal would be at Disneyland, since Disneyland was the time when we officially started our relationship two years ago. But, with hard circumstance, I thought my dream would never become a reality.
For Dan's birthday, we had planned a trip to Disneyland months in advance. I had told all my close friends about how excited I was for it - to be at the happiest place on earth again and to eat at Napa Rose (a secret gem at the Grand Californian).
When the actual day came, I woke up bright and early in the morning, woke Dan up and headed to the happiest place on earth. I was all about riding the rollercoasters early since there was barely anyone at the park. Because it was Dan's birthday, and all he cared about (rides wise) was Star Tours, we went on that first. I was really adamant about going on the Matterhorn early in the morning too because 1) my breakfast was pretty much digested and 2) we waited two hours last time to ride this, I wanted to get it over with. For some reason, Dan didn't seem as enthused as me for whatever reason - but since he knew I really wanted to ride this first, he eventually gave in.
After the ride, he told me he just wanted to walk around the park for a while. I, on the other hand, wanted to go on Space Mountain and Splash Mountain and Indiana Jones... just everything! I though his request was a bit odd, but just figured he was not feeling that well after the ride, so I excused it. We walked around for a while and he went inside pretty weird places that I didn't think he'll go to, the one place that stood out was the Princess area. After walking around the entire park once (at this time, I was hoping walking around helped him), I was hungry and wanted a turkey leg. Again, he seemed a bit against it, but eventually gave in.
We sat at a bench that was within view of the castle, after the turkey leg, I was set on taking a picture in front of the castle. After that was done and over with, I started walking inside, when Dan grabbed me a bit too forcely than normal (but once again, I think I was sort of in my own la-la land) and didn't think anything much of it.
[Now, this is the legen... wait for it... dary part you've all been waiting for!] We walked to the side of the castle where the Snow White wishing well was, along with a statue of her and her seven dwarves. There were a few groups of people around the well, so Dan just stopped alongside the railing of it (and this was when he said he started talking gibberish cause he needed to stall longer till it was more empty). He asked me if I had coins, we talked about tadpoles, he asked me what the statues were, etc. When people slowly dispersed (I was still completely oblivious to everything), we walked to the well and he threw in his coin real quick. He then asked me to make a wish. Since I saw that he threw it in so quickly, I just figured he just wanted to start a new tradition or something. I wished that he would have a happy birthday and turned around to look for him since I saw him disappear from the corner of my eye.
I turned around, and there he was, on bended knee -
Dan: Make my wish come true. Will you marry me?
Me: Ohh... yes!!!
*Five minutes later*
Me: Did I say yes?
Dan: You did.
This happened a little before noon. Afterwards, we called our respective parents. I called a couple close girl friends, then texted seven other close friends about the entire ordeal. The rest of my day was completely changed after that. The rides meant nothing to me anymore, I just walked around and asked Dan about everything - what he did, how he started doing it, what he said to my parents, etc. The sweetest thing he told me was that it wasn't logical what he did, but for the first time ever, he followed his heart.
The rest of the day was just a blur for me. I think we spent most of the time talking and just enjoying each other's company. We ended up eating at a really great restaurant in the Grand Californina - Napa Rose. It was a wonderful celebration of Dan's birthday, our two year anniversary and our engagement.
Disneyland... the place where dreams come true. (Thank you to my Yoda-ling Steph and my best friend, now fiance - Dan for making my dream come true. weeeeeeeeeeeeee!)
